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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Cook react to the Reeve's tale?
(a) He thinks it was unrealistic.
(b) He likes it.
(c) He dislikes it.
(d) He wants to hear more from the Reeve.

2. Who does January marry?
(a) June.
(b) April.
(c) Aurora.
(d) May.

3. What kind of tale is the Squire asked to tell?
(a) A tale about love.
(b) A tale about nobility.
(c) A tale about religion.
(d) A tale about bravery.

4. Why does the Cook have to tell a good tale?
(a) To make up for the bad food he has sold.
(b) To keep the pilgrims entertained.
(c) To answer the Reeve's tale.
(d) To win the contest.

5. Who did the Host ask to speak after the Knight's Tale?
(a) The Prioress.
(b) The Nun's Priest.
(c) The Wife of Bath.
(d) The Monk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who interrupts the Squire's tale?

2. What is the yeoman's real identity?

3. Why does Dorigen contemplate suicide?

4. Who helps the knight answer the question?

5. What does the friar in the Summoner's Tale promise in exchange for whatever the parishioners will give?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does January say he wants to marry? Why does he likely really want to marry?

2. What could be considered controversial about the Wife of Bath's Tale?

3. What makes the friar in the Summoner's Tale corrupt?

4. How are the summoner and the yeoman both bailiffs?

5. Why can there be no real determination of the outcome of the Cook's Tale?

6. How is the Friar's Tale uncomplimentary to summoners?

7. Why are the characters in the Franklin's Tale rewarded?

8. Why does the Host come up with the storytelling contest?

9. Why does the Narrator tell the Miller's Tale despite his concern of its vulgarity?

10. What is the significance of Lady Constance's name in the Man of Law's Tale?

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